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Preseason Top 10
1. Wando- Defending champs
2. JL Mann- most potent offense in the state
3. Ft. Mill- Best player in the state
4. Greenville- Can they rebound?
5. Riverside- Can they stay healthy?
6. Academic Mag- one of the best coached teams in the state.
7. Hammond- Will be real solid, especially on d
8. Hilton Head- Nate Jones
9.Spartanburg- Greir
10. Dorman- Lost a bunch, but still have quality players.

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[QUOTE=SCLacrosse22;2990552]Greenville's offense did play well but there defense played less than expected

Riverside does have a good offense also.

Spartanburg as you said did get killed by riverside but anytime the ball went to Spartanburg's offense they shoved it down Riversides throat (when 1st were in). If you didnt notice Sptbg wasnt playin to win on Saturday and there second offense and defense played a majority of the time. Same against Greenville. They were also killing greenville intil they subbed.

Manns Fogo and Middie line is dirty and there Attack has sick handles. But they need to learn to play better together.

These four teams are definately the best in the Upstate and we will see how it turns out when season comes round.[/QUOTE

I spent most of my time at the Mauldin fields, but here are my two cents.

I thought Mauldin did really well, they looked big and athletic. If they tighten up their game they could be dangerous. Douglas being healthy helps tremendously

GHS was never down to Spartanburg and blew them out of the water by the end while both teams were playing backups. They were missing two starting close defense on the day.

RHS looked good even without Quiles. My guess having Coach Cerino will make them extremely dangerous by the end of the year. Good ball movement and motion. Where was the goalie though?

Mann's offense could be scary, what is scarier is their ride. They hurt Spartanburg bc they kept breaking clears. I was very impressed.

Hillcrest has some very nice middies and shooters. Not sure on defense.

At one week, we shouldn't make a whole lote of judgement calls, but it was good to see everybody get out there and play.

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Originally Posted by urbanlax11

How did the early scrimmages in the midlands and lowerstate go?

Not sure about the lower state, but I know Ridge View beat DF 7-5 earlier this week, and there is a decent sized play day thing at Irmo this weekend, that has about all the midlands teams and a few others. RV seems to be better now that they are rid of the bum who coached them last season.

Haven't seen much of the new teams at Lexigton or Chapin, herd they were both young, not expecting too much out of them until they get their programs going. But the midlands will always be second rate compared to the upper and lower state until they have better youth and summer programs.

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Lexington might be pretty good cuz they have players that played at White Knoll before. They also have an amazing coach in Piepoli. Him, paired with a couple other pretty good coaches. They might have an ok season but don't expect them to be cellar dwellers though.

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Originally Posted by Big_Red33

Lexington might be pretty good cuz they have players that played at White Knoll before. They also have an amazing coach in Piepoli. Him, paired with a couple other pretty good coaches. They might have an ok season but don't expect them to be cellar dwellers though.

Yeah I remember Piepoli from when he coached at Irmo and I think RV before that? But I am interested to see what he has been able to do with staring his own program...not trying to disparage them before I see them play, just don't know what they have, other than some kid who played for team Nor Cal in California.

Guess we will see if the midlands has gotten any better when they all play each other this weekend...

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Originally Posted by umayneverkno

Not sure about the lower state, but I know Ridge View beat DF 7-5 earlier this week, and there is a decent sized play day thing at Irmo this weekend, that has about all the midlands teams and a few others. RV seems to be better now that they are rid of the bum who coached them last season.

Haven't seen much of the new teams at Lexigton or Chapin, herd they were both young, not expecting too much out of them until they get their programs going. But the midlands will always be second rate compared to the upper and lower state until they have better youth and summer programs.

Well the whole last quarter DF played no starters and it was all 3rd string and a little 2nd string. Ridgeview kept their starters in the whole time. DF won't be too tier but don't count us out yet.

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Well the whole last quarter DF played no starters and it was all 3rd string and a little 2nd string. Ridgeview kept their starters in the whole time. DF won't be too tier but don't count us out yet.

Wasn't counting anybody out by any means...was just reporting the score I herd. I think the midlands will be pretty evenly matched this year. The new teams won't be your usual first year inexperienced type. They all have guys who played before. I know Irmo kept the most out of that split, and only a few kids at Lexington played for WK but its not like any of those teams are completely new. The new teams will probably surprise some of the more established teams in the midlands.

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Originally Posted by urbanlax11

What went on at the Cola tourney?

Missed the first game between Irmo and Dutch Fork, but I think DF won 2 or 3-0. Woodmont came down from Greenville, game between them and DF was also close. Hard to really know the scores since all they had on the scoreboard was the running clock, nobody bothered to keep score. RV beat RNE and lost to Lexigton 3-2. Game was real sloppy, Lexington really looked like a first year team, had a lot of high and dropped passes, ineffective clears, and the middies were always looking to pass when they got pressured, instead of going to the cage.

But their second game against Spring Valley, Lexington looked like a different team. Still had a lot of dropped balls and wasted possessions, but they were very physical. Gave up the 1st goal, then scored 6 unanswered. Deff have some giant goons on defense, and one pole who had probably the best stick skills I have seen on an LSM in this area.

I left after that game, not sure hat happened on the others. They were 25min running scrimmages, so not much importance should be placed on them, but still good to see some lax.

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Originally Posted by urbanlax11

So what is the word out of Cola, will there be a team who can compete for the Lower state?

Not very likely...

I didn't get to see AC Flora play, but they would be the best bet. The three teams from the split will probably not get very deep, if they make the playoffs. Lexington has some athletes and they can hit, but their overall fundamentals are very low, about what you would expect form a first year team, and their goalie is big, but has trouble with the low stuff, also their clears were god awful.

Not sure what was up with Valley, maybe they had a bunch of kids taking the ACT or something. No body really impressed too much, Blythewood wasn't there, so not sure how good they will be.

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Yeah, but the split caused Irmo to lose a lot of good players that went to Dutch Fork or Lexington, so they are probably not be as good as last year. They return some key starters though, so they are still a threat.

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Originally Posted by Big_Red33

Yeah, but the split caused Irmo to lose a lot of good players that went to Dutch Fork or Lexington, so they are probably not be as good as last year. They return some key starters though, so they are still a threat.

Irmo split with Dutch Fork and Chapin. The few kids playing for Lexington with experience were at White Knoll last year, or transferred in. So I guess WK will struggle the most out of the teams in the Lexington/Irmo area.

Irmo also lost Coach Honey, their Offensive Coordinator, and Coach Piepoli, who is at Lexington. I'm not saying that makes them a bad team, or in anyway am I talking down on their current coach, but the loss of all those coaches has got to be felt at some level.

Get it right we tied Lexington 3-3 (4-3 if the ref didn't call a dumb crease penalty that didn't exist).
RV 6 RNE 1

Woah. We beat you 3-2.

I was talking to one of the trainers here at Lexington and he was saying that one of the head trainers has some good friends at Flora and Blythewood and that they are supposed to have a solid programs. Don't count the Midlands out, though.

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Spring Valley's got a really potent offense and a not so great defense/goalie
Blythewood didn't have their goalie but got a middie who got in cage and broke everyone's ankles. They're well coached and have alot to improve.

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Spring Valley's got a really potent offense and a not so great defense/goalie
Blythewood didn't have their goalie but got a middie who got in cage and broke everyone's ankles. They're well coached and have alot to improve.

We're still missing two starters on defense. And one on attack. But yeah, Blythewood final score was 7-2.

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We were missing our starting goalie and played two games back to back. Played tight first half against Ridge View and then shut it down in the second half. Then against spring valley right off of the ridge view game couldn't shut down Paul Currey. Couldn't clear the ball because we had a middy playing with the Physical Education department's goalie stick (p.o.s). Ready to play Valley again. They pulled away towards the end. Kudos to them for playing very good offense.

Every team has a lot to improve (take into account though that it was only scrimmages and all of the teams were certainly experimenting and not completely set with plays and all of our schemes).

I think all three of the teams have improved a lot. I see this being the year the midlands starts walking the walk.

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Originally Posted by bwoodgoalie

We were missing our starting goalie and played two games back to back. Played tight first half against Ridge View and then shut it down in the second half. Then against spring valley right off of the ridge view game couldn't shut down Paul Currey. Couldn't clear the ball because we had a middy playing with the Physical Education department's goalie stick (p.o.s). Ready to play Valley again. They pulled away towards the end. Kudos to them for playing very good offense.

Every team has a lot to improve (take into account though that it was only scrimmages and all of the teams were certainly experimenting and not completely set with plays and all of our schemes).

I think all three of the teams have improved a lot. I see this being the year the midlands starts walking the walk.

Improved for the midlands, is like saying a new baby just learned to walk. The midlands will be lucky to host a first round game, and won't make it past the second round. The best HS league team in this area is Flora, and Hammond is better than everyone. Lucky they are in SCISA, or they would beat everyone.

I hope it gets better and I hope I'm wrong. Won't know till we see some real lacrosse next week.

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Season finally starts tomorrow!! I'm checking out Lexington @ Irmo. Mainly because I work in that area, but still interested to see if Lexington can play a complete game, and also to see if Irmo is as bad as the 21-1 score from when they scrimmaged Hammond last week.

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Lexington beat Irmo 13-4. Lexington looked like they were going to run away with it when they were up 6-0 early. Lots of big hits and sloppy play all around. Expected more out of Irmo. Lexington started breathing theirselves with penalties and they stopped shooting low.

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Games From Last Night: (2/19/2013)Riverside over Nations Ford: 8-7 (5-5 at halftime)Greenville over Woodmont: 12-4 (7-2 at halftime)Spartanburg over Eastside: 8-4 (3-3 at halftime)Mauldin v. Hillcrest: Cancelled

Anybody else know the other scores?

Any thoughts on the games? I know it's still early, but the State Championship is in 52 days.

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I am surprised that Hillcrest and Mauldin was cancelled, I was looking forward to seeing them do battle for the Golden Strip. I went to the Riverside-Nations Ford game instead and was not surprised at Quill in the cage for NF. He's a stud. I like Riverside's ball movement and as they get into a flow it will be great to see them as the season progresses.

Eastside is much improved and the Dixon kid in goal is crazy good.

I heard the GHS WHS game turned into a sloppy penalty filled game. I'm sure GHS will get that hammered out as they were apparently dominating the game until it devolved into rugby lacrosse.